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Schools in Jonestown · Lago Vista Independent School District, Leander Independent School District

Jonestown’s public schools outscore 81% of Texas districts

On the state reading tests, 65% of Jonestown’s students scored proficient, above the Texas average (51%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Jonestown, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.

#75of 642 Texas townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
65%
▲ 14 pts vs TX 51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
50%
▲ 9 pts vs TX 41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
97%
▲ 7 pts vs TX 90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.8K
▼ 15% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024 · Leander Independent
Students per teacher
13.7
TX 14.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
43,837 students on the public path
In brief

Jonestown’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 232 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Jonestown’s, its schools beat 75%, lower than their 81% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on both counts

Reading proficiency is 65% and math 50% across both districts in spring 2022, against 51% and 41% statewide; 97% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Lago Vista Independent spends $11,930 per student and Leander Independent $10,850, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Jonestown’s grade

A− Test scoresB− Graduation

A−: better than 81% of Texas school districts, #75 of 642 Texas towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Texas average; test scores are the stronger of the two.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 81%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (232)Better than 75%
A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 23,426 test results and a graduating class of 3,181 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Jonestown’s students in the tested grades sat them (23,119 in math, 23,732 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Jonestown, with each school’s own grade.

31 schools teach K in Jonestown’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from C to A+, so check the specific school.
Monta Jane Akin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
A
872 students14:1Rate it →
Whitestone El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
B+
855 students13:1Rate it →
Rutledge El
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Austin
A
853 students14:1Rate it →
Tarvin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
838 students14:1Rate it →
Larkspur El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
B
834 students13:1Rate it →
Parkside El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Georgetown
A
807 students14:1Rate it →
Ronald Reagan El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
A−
800 students14:1Rate it →
William J Winkley El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
A−
763 students15:1Rate it →
North El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
737 students14:1Rate it →
Pleasant Hill El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
C+
720 students12:1Rate it →
Jim Plain El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
B
704 students12:1Rate it →
Bagdad El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
C
701 students11:1Rate it →
C C Mason El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
B
691 students14:1Rate it →
Patricia Knowles El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
C
683 students11:1Rate it →
Deer Creek El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
A−
638 students14:1Rate it →
Officer Leonard A Reed El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
B+
638 students11:1Rate it →
Christine Camacho El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
B−
622 students11:1Rate it →
River Place El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Austin
A−
589 students12:1Rate it →
Lago Vista El
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Lago Vista
B
550 students17:1Rate it →
Charlotte Cox El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
B
534 students12:1Rate it →
Donald Lewis Hisle
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
530 students13:1Rate it →
Cypress El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
A−
506 students13:1Rate it →
Westside El
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Cedar Park
A−
504 students13:1Rate it →
Laura Welch Bush El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Austin
A+
503 students13:1Rate it →
Lois F Giddens El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
C+
483 students10:1Rate it →
Pauline Naumann El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
A−
473 students13:1Rate it →
Block House Creek El
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Leander
B
468 students14:1Rate it →
Steiner Ranch El
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Austin
A−
417 students12:1Rate it →
Grandview Hills El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Austin
B−
388 students10:1Rate it →
River Ridge El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Austin
A+
370 students12:1Rate it →
Ada Mae Faubion El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
B−
353 students11:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–531 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A+
6–810 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A+
9–127 high schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A

Jonestown runs its own schools through grade 12 (Lago Vista Independent School District). From grade PK, students attend the Leander Independent School District, shared with Cedar Park, Leander and Volente. Its elementary school is in Leander. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Jonestown

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Lago Vista Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,887 students, up 16% since 2020–21 · 14.4 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$11,930TX $12,815 · FY2024
B
Leander Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 50 schools · 42,608 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 13.7 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$10,850TX $12,815 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Lago Vista Independent School District61%
State average 51.1% · 1020 students tested
Math · PK–12, Lago Vista Independent School District43%
State average 40.9% · 1007 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Leander Independent School District65%
State average 51.1% · 22712 students tested
Math · PK–12, Leander Independent School District50%
State average 40.9% · 22112 students tested

Jonestown vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Jonestown’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
JonestownA−Lago Vista Independent PK–12 · Leander Independent PK–12
Lago VistaBLago Vista Independent
LeanderA−Leander Independent

Every school in Jonestown

48 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Jonestownin other towns
Monta Jane Akin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
A
872 students14:1Rate it →
Whitestone El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
B+
855 students13:1Rate it →
Tarvin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
838 students14:1Rate it →
Larkspur El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
B
834 students13:1Rate it →
Parkside El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Georgetown
A
807 students14:1Rate it →
Ronald Reagan El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
A−
800 students14:1Rate it →
William J Winkley El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
A−
763 students15:1Rate it →
North El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
737 students14:1Rate it →
Pleasant Hill El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
C+
720 students12:1Rate it →
Jim Plain El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
B
704 students12:1Rate it →
Bagdad El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
C
701 students11:1Rate it →
C C Mason El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
B
691 students14:1Rate it →
Patricia Knowles El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
C
683 students11:1Rate it →
Deer Creek El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
A−
638 students14:1Rate it →
Officer Leonard A Reed El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
B+
638 students11:1Rate it →
Christine Camacho El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
B−
622 students11:1Rate it →
River Place El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Austin
A−
589 students12:1Rate it →
Lago Vista El
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Lago Vista
B
550 students17:1Rate it →
Charlotte Cox El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
B
534 students12:1Rate it →
Donald Lewis Hisle
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Leander
530 students13:1Rate it →
Cypress El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
A−
506 students13:1Rate it →
Laura Welch Bush El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Austin
A+
503 students13:1Rate it →
Lois F Giddens El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
C+
483 students10:1Rate it →
Pauline Naumann El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
A−
473 students13:1Rate it →
Grandview Hills El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Austin
B−
388 students10:1Rate it →
River Ridge El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Austin
A+
370 students12:1Rate it →
Ada Mae Faubion El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cedar Park
B−
353 students11:1Rate it →
Rutledge El
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Austin
A
853 students14:1Rate it →
Westside El
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Cedar Park
A−
504 students13:1Rate it →
Block House Creek El
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Leander
B
468 students14:1Rate it →
Steiner Ranch El
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Austin
A−
417 students12:1Rate it →
Florence W Stiles Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Leander
A+
1,493 students17:1Rate it →
Cedar Park Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cedar Park
A−
1,365 students16:1Rate it →
Artie L Henry Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cedar Park
A−
1,347 students14:1Rate it →
Stacy Kaye Danielson Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Leander
C+
1,182 students15:1Rate it →
Running Brushy Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cedar Park
B+
1,120 students13:1Rate it →
Canyon Ridge Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Austin
A+
964 students15:1Rate it →
Knox Wiley Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Leander
B
916 students13:1Rate it →
Leander Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Leander
A−
873 students12:1Rate it →
Four Points Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Austin
A
581 students12:1Rate it →
Lago Vista Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lago Vista
B
435 students13:1Rate it →
Vista Ridge H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Cedar Park
A
2,480 students15:1Rate it →
Vandegrift H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Austin
A
2,437 students16:1Rate it →
Rouse H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Leander
B+
2,260 students16:1Rate it →
Cedar Park H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Cedar Park
A
2,155 students15:1Rate it →
Leander H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Leander
B
2,131 students14:1Rate it →
Glenn H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Leander
B−
2,024 students14:1Rate it →
Lago Vista H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Lago Vista
A−
650 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Jonestown’s schools

Are Jonestown’s schools good?

By Texas’s own tests, yes: the public schools Jonestown children attend outscore 81% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #75 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 75%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Jonestown in?

Two districts: Lago Vista Independent School District runs grades PK–12, and Leander Independent School District runs grades PK–12, shared with Cedar Park, Leander and Volente.

Where do Jonestown kids go to high school?

One of 7 high schools, depending on your address: Vista Ridge H S, Vandegrift H S, Rouse H S, Cedar Park H S, Leander H S, Glenn H S and Lago Vista H S.

What is Jonestown’s graduation rate?

97% of the class of 2023 in Leander Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.

How much does Jonestown spend per student?

$11,930 in Lago Vista Independent School District and $10,850 in Leander Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.